पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · July 24, 3226 BCE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: सङ्कष्टी चतुर्थी — Saṅkaṣṭī Caturthī
Monthly Gaṇeśa vrata.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.17 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रिणं च

तेजोराशिं सर्वतोदीप्तिमन्तम्।

पश्यामि त्वां दुर्निरीक्ष्यं समन्ताद्

दीप्तानलार्कद्युतिमप्रमेयम्।।11.17।।
"11.17 I see thee with the crown, the sceptre and the discus; a blaze of splendour. Scarce can I gaze on thee, so radiant thou art, glowing like the blazing fire, brilliant as the sun, immeasurable." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -3168
Śaka Saṁvat: -3303
Bengali Saṁvat: -3818
Malayalam Era: -4049
Nanakshahi: -4694
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya152.79°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
चन्द्र Candra14.99°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala127.88°SiṃhaMaghā P3
बुध Budha162.02°KanyāHasta P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati197.62°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra112.31°KarkaĀśleṣā P2
शनि Śani278.50°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

☀️ Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:14 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:54 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:15 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:31 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 39 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 20 Mins 22 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:25 – 04:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:06 – 05:14
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:32
Vijaya Muhūrta14:21 – 15:16
Godhūli Muhūrta18:42 – 19:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:54 – 19:28
Amṛta Kāla18:39 – 20:24
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:32

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:39 – 10:22
Yamaganda13:47 – 15:29
Gulika Kāla05:14 – 06:57
Varjyam05:49 – 06:10
Dur Muhūrta 08:26 – 08:53

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:14 – 06:57 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:57 – 08:39 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:39 – 10:22 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:22 – 12:04 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:04 – 13:47 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:47 – 15:29 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:29 – 17:12 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:12 – 18:54 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:54 – 20:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:12 – 21:29 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:29 – 22:47 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:47 – 00:04 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:04 – 01:22 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:22 – 02:39 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:39 – 03:57 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:57 – 05:14 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 25.3176°
Longitude: 82.9739°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year-123 · 123 years before Kali
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)-45134.73 · -123.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day543330.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)-49.1290° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)222.20° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (-49.1290°) · declination 22.74° · EoT -6.16 min · city civil-time localizationLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:-3225-07-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)